Car-vestibule curtain-fixture.



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GAR VESTIBULE CURTAIN FIXTURE. APPLICATION FILED Nov 22,191z

1,051,1 95. Patented Jan. 21, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE.

EDWARD F. CHAFFEE, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO OLIVER 1V1.EDWARDS, 0F SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

CAR-VESTIBULE CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD F. CHAFFEE, of Syracuse, in the county ofOnondaga, in the State of New York, have invented a certain new anduseful Car-vestibule Ourtain-Fixture, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has for its object the production of a fixture adapted tobe attached to the vestibules of railway cars and havmg means wherebyall diaphragm curtains, that is, curtains provided with the variouskinds of fixtures at their free ends, may be attached thereto; and theinvention consists in the combinations and constructions hereinafter setforth and claimed.

In describing this invent-ion reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings in which like characters designate corresponding parts in allthe views.

. Figure 1 is a horizontal sectional view of the adjoining vestibules oftwo cars coupled together. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view throughthe free edge of a curtain and my fixture, the curtain being providedwith the ordinary grab handle for cooperating with my fixture. Fig. 3 isan elevation of the grab handle shown in Fig. 2, the con tiguous part ofthe curtain being also shown. Fig. 4 is an elevation of a curtainprovided with spring pressed jaws cooperating with my fixture. Fig. 5 isa view similar to Fig. 2, on line A-A, Fig. 4.

1 and 2 designate the contiguous vestibules of two cars, the same beinghere shown as including the usual bellows 3. b a are oppositely arrangedvestibule diaphragm curtains for shielding the bellows, each curtain 4:usually winding on a spring roller 5 fixed in vertical position to anupright frame member 6 of the vestibule of one of the cars, the freeedge of the curtain being normally temporarily secured to a similarupright frame member 7 on the adjoining car.

The construction of the vestibules and the curtains per .96 forms nopart of this invention, and as the same is well known, furtherdescription is thought to be unnecessary.

8 is a grab handle in the form of a yoke secured to the free edge of thediaphragm curtain, in some cars, and 9 is a similar fixture with whichthe curtains of other cars are equipped. The grab handle 8, as shownSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 22, 1912.

Patented J an. 21, 1913.

Serial No. 732,906.

in Figs. 2 and 3, is formed with a vertical intermediate portion andwith side portions formed with split clamps 10 which conform to a rod 11arranged in the hem or loop at the free end of the curtain, the splitclamps 10 being held in position by fastening members as bolts 12extending transversely through the clamps and the interposed curtain,and nuts 13 turning on the bolts.

The fixture 9, Figs. 1 and 5, includes a body secured by clamps 14 tothe free edge of the curtain in the same manner as the clamps of themember 8, and spring pressed jaws 15 having bearings 16 mounted on ahinge pin 17 extending between the clamps of the member 9 parallel tothe curtain rod. The jaws 15 are pressed toward each other by a spring18 encircling the pin 17 and connected at its opposite ends'respectivelyto the bearings of the jaws. The jaws are semi-cylindrical and aredesigned to clamp the vertical rod of a yoke associated with some carsto which the free edge of the curtain provided with the jaws is to beattached. One of the aws 15 is provided with a suitable grab handle 19and the other with a horn 20, the handle 19 and horn 20 projecting inadvance of the jaws 15 and diverging outwardly in order to engag the rodwith which the jaws engage, in advance of the jaws and cause the jaws toseparate. The object of the spring pressed jaws is to automaticallyrelease when the cars are uncoupled and the trainman has neglected todetach the free edge of the diaphragm curtain of one car from the othercar.

The fixture 9 per 86 forms no part of this invention.

The fixture which is constructed to cooperate with either of the curtainfixtures 8 or 9, comprises a hook for receiving the grab handle of thefixture 8 and a yoke for receiving the jaws 15 of the fixture 9. As hereshown the fixture comprises a base plate 21 adapted to be secured as byscrews 22 to the car and having a hook 23 projecting therefrom forreceiving the grab handle of the fixture 8 and also having a yoke 24pivoted thereto, the yoke being here shown as pivoted at 25 to the baseof the hook in position to be swung from either side of the hook to theother the pivot 25 extending vertically through the base of the hook.The yoke 24 is also pivoted to conform to the movement of thecurtain dueto swaying of the cars as will be understood by those skilled in theart.

By equipping a car with my fixture, it can be coupled to other carshaving either the class of curtain fixtures shown in Fig. 2 or the classshown in Fig. 4.

What I claim is: v

1. A fixture for diaphragm curtains of car vestibules comprising amember adapted to be permanently secured to the car and having means forcoacting with the grab handles associated with some diaphragm curtains,and means for coacting with spring pressed jaws associated with otherdiaphragm curtains, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A fixture for securing the free edges of the diaphragm curtains ofcar vestibules to the vestibule of another car, including a memberadapted to be secured to the latter car and having a hook, and a yokefor receiving respectively the grab handles associated with somediaphragm curtains, and the spring pressed jaws associated with otherdiaphragm curtains, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. A fixture for securing the free edges of the diaphragm curtains ofcar vestibules to the vestibule of another car, including a memberadapted to be secured to the latter car and having a hook, and a pivotedyoke for receiving respectively the grab handles associated with somediaphragm curtains and the spring pressed jaws associated with otherdiaphragm curtains, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. A fixture for securing the free edges of the diaphragm curtains ofcar vestibules to the vestibule of another car, including a memberadapted to be secured to the latter car and having a hook, and a pivotedyoke for receiving respectively the grab handles associated with somediaphragm curtains, and the spring pressed jaws associated with otherdiaphragm curtains, the pivot of said yoke extending vertically throughthe base of the hook, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence oftwo attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in theState of New York, this 18th day of November, 1912.

EDWARD F. CHAFFEE.

\Vitnesses:

CHAS. H. YOUNG, L. M. BURTON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G.

